A. Hunter Dupree - Academic Career

Academic Career

In 1950, Dupree took up his first academic position as assistant professor of history at Texas Technological College (now Texas Tech University) in Lubbock, Texas, where he remained until 1952, when he was appointed a research fellow at the Gray Herbarium at Harvard University. He served two appointments there in 1952-54 and 1955-56. In addition, he served as project director on grants at the National Science Foundation, 1953-55.

In 1956, The University of California, Berkeley appointed him visiting assistant professor of history, then promoted to associate professor in 1958, and professor of history in 1961. He remained at Berkeley until 1968, during which period he served additionally as assistant to the chancellor in 1960-62, and director of the Bancroft Library in 1965-66. In addition, he was a consultant to the committee on science and public policy at the National Academy of Science in 1963-64.

In 1968, Brown University appointed him George L. Littlefield Professor of History, a position he held until his retirement in 1981. While in this post, he served as a consultant to the Panel on Science and Technology and Astronautics, U.S. House of Representatives, 1969–73; trustee of the Museum of American Textile History, a member of the NASA Historical Advisory Committee, and the Atomic Energy Commission's Historical Advisory Committee.